| silk | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. silk | a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ sarcenet, sarsenet | a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings. |
| n. (substance) | 2. silk | animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders. |
| ~ animal fiber, animal fibre | fiber derived from animals. |
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